| Main Entry: | ash(es) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains of burning |
Synonyms: |
charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, relics, remains, ruins, slag, soot |
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powder remains after a fire |
Synonyms: |
charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, slag, soot, volcanic ash |
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruins |
Synonyms: |
debris, relics, remains, remnants, rubble, vestiges |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
Synonyms: |
ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
Synonyms: |
ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies, earth, filth, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot |
| Main Entry: | embers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hot ashes from fire |
Synonyms: |
ash, brand, cinders, clinkers, coals, firebrand, live coals, slag, smoking remnants, smoldering remains |
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
Synonyms: |
ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, relics, remains, remnants, residue, rubble, traces, vestiges, wreck, wreckage |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silver |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, cinereal, clouded, dappled, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, grey, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Notes: | the distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in Samuel Johnson's dictionary |
| Main Entry: | soot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carbon |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashes, grit, gunk, residue, sediment, smoke |